Display-cabinet.



M. A. SKALL.

DISPLAY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 19H;-

i E l)I WWII 'L :QLHII I I M m J Patmed Nov. 14,1916;

, I v 1 M X A. sKALLor mew YORK f I DISPLAY-CABINET. p v 1,205 040 I V I s ecification of Letters Patent t I .Pateiited N V. 14', 1916'.

Applicationliled I'ehruary 7, 1916. Serial navas'ea r To all whom it may conccmi I angle resting on its shorter leg; from 't-his 1 Be it known that '1, MAX 1 A. SKAnL, a triangle the-lower front corner is cut away citizen of the United States, and residing n. form of a small triangle similar to the at New York city, in the county and State main triangle', to form the short sides 4 and so I 5.of- New York, have lnvented certain new o in directlon perpendicular to the sides and useful Improvements in -D1splay.- 4* and A plate 3is attached to sides 4: Cabinets, of which the following is a SPBQl-j an? an bottom. 1 along thelines 4* cation; 911125 in display cases for ci'garsor similar articles, glass plates 6 and 7, each contained in a affording facilities'for inspection, and proseparate frame formed of U shaped chan- I tection from undue handling and preservanelsand covering the front opening formed tion' of the inclosed cigars at the proper by plates 4, 2, 5 and 3; The vertical edges -humidit.."-

115 Rarti illar advantages gained bymy in edges 4 and 5 of side plates 4 and 5.- Plate .vention are ease of operation of placing a 6 covers the upper half of the front opening box of'cigarsjin thedi' lay case-and a full and channel 6 at its frame is connected by -'--'exposur e of cigars, and of the display .lid' means of suitable vertical hinges 8, to edge v ofthe cigar box, to the eyes of the observer. 5' of plate 5. The other vertical channel, 75

' With these and otherobjects view the 6", of this frame isprovided with a-suitable -,invention consists in certain novel. details catch 9 which engages a' pin 10 on side" ghereinafter described and particularly set Channel 6 forms the lower-horizontal edge forth i nthe' appended claims.

a ing drawings, forming part of this speciof plate 7 .is fastened by means of hin 11;

fication, in whichigure I is a perspectiveview ofthedisvided w th a suitable handle bar 12 per- 3-0 of my display cabinet when in Closed 0011' art-angle 0f'180 de rees When it finds a rest 'tlOIll. 1F 1g; III- is;.a-side elevation of the. on the front side 0 p'1at 6; ,(see Fig. VL)

I vation o'f-the right side of the case. Fig. V1 two angle bars 13 fastened to side plates 4 is a front-"elevation of the 5- lly opened condition. Fig. I is a sec-q; plates. These, angle bars form a rest for tional side elevation of a' filled display case the bottom 14" of theldisplayedv cigar box. on the line- A+A ofiFig; V showing the p14. The front side 14" of this box rests on. 'opened positionL-u Similar letters of reference indicate. cor- I opened lid 15 ofthe cigar box finds a sup-- responding parts-throughout the. various. port against'the back 2 of the cabinet and Z figures. 'j 1; j x is protected by the narrow led e 2" attached Referring 'to""t eidrawings ,1 representsthereto- Tokeep the air inside of the eastical rear wall of ray-display cabinet which ahumidor 16 preferably made of perforated are preferably "made, roijn .fibr ous' material metal. v This humidor rests'on theupper covered .onfonefside 'by"sheetmetal'andi edges13 of the angle bars 13 and leans med by U "shape metalychannels to pro-3 ,against the back 2 ofthe casing. It is preftect their edges; e. uppermost portion ofnerably made in shape ofja horizontal prism' 105 plate I 2 is bent-toward, theffrontin 110a. of triangular or semi-circular cross section, Zontal directionto 'form' a narrow'jledge 2". and its interioris filled with a moisture ab- V e sidegpf tbg bi et m formed] by' sorbent material 17. The casingrestspreferplates 4nan'd 5'. made-of the-same material ablyon rubber buffers 18 attached to plate 1." I

bly solderedf'to them. he-shape'of these principally-the ease with which a=box of 'deplatesconforms1to. a right angled tr i-- cigars or -similar articles may placed" This invention: relates to improvements The front of the cabinet .is formd by two .of these frames 6, 7 ,-and 6, 7* rest on :of construction and arrangements of parts plate 4 to lock plate 6 in its closed position. i I

1 of plate 6 and to this edgethe upper hori- 25 -Reference is, to beyhad to the accompanyzontaledge of the corresponding channel 7 1 3 he Vertical channel 7 of this plate isproplay cabinet. Fig. .IIis afront elevation 'mitting to swing plate 7 upward through left side of the'case. Fig. IV is a side ele-'- On'the inside of the casing I'havearranged v '7 dis lay casein "and 5 and parallelto-sides {1 and 5 of these 90.

upper door inclo'sed and the lower door in plate 3'which forms an angular bottom of the cabinet and the front edge 15 of the I the horizontal..bottoinfplate and 2 the Ver mg at the proper humidity'I have provided" 1 00 s thebottomand irean "lates and;-prefer- ,The advantages of my display case are 116' therein, if the catch 9 is unlocked, both doors 'may be opened simultaneously by means of handle bar 12 the opened cigar box is placed with its front board 14 on plate 3 of the cabinet and the rest ofthe box and lid fall automatically into their proper position in the casing. Both doors are then closed together and catch 9 locked;

cigars may now be dispensed, by only lifta shortened projection of either of them.

' like.

" cross-section, means ing the lower door 7 In similar display cases the lid of the cigar box must be .held by hand until the case is closed. As the lid of the cigar box rests in the same plane with the top of the box proper, the purchaser obtains a full view of both, cigars and display lid simultaneously and not only the display case. The

when 'looking. at

formed between the front small open space part'of plate 1 and for storing advertising cards, matches or the ably to the stability of the case.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: V 3

1. A display cabinet of the kind described, comprising achamber for the reception of box and its open lid, the slanted front .30 :ide of the cabinet forming a plane cover; an

ing the lid and opening of said box, consisting of two transparent doors, the lower door upper door and the upper door to one of the side plates of the cabinet.

2. A display cabinet of the comprising a chamber quadrangular in in said chamber to sup port a box and its open lid in slanted position, the lidresting in the plane of the front opening of said box, a slanted bottom plate to support the front door consisting of two transparent plates, covering the front of the cabinet, one of said plates being adapted to swing around a horizontal axis and both plates around a' second axis plate 3, can be utilized' The extended bottom adds consider-' being 'pivotally attached to the kind described side of the box. and a 3. Ina display cabinet for cigars, a caslng whose quadrangular cross-section is formed by a rear side, a slanted front side and two bottom plates, one of said bottom plates being slanted to support the displayed box, the other bottom plate being extended beyond the casing to act as a stabilizer for the same, the front side consisting of two hinged panels forming doors, the hinges of one panel being arranged perpendicularly? to the hinges of the other panel.

4. A display cabinet for cigars or the like, consistingof a single chamber of quadrangular cross-section accommodating the displayed box and its lid in slanted position, the front of the'lid forming a plane with the front opening of the displayed box; a door of two transparent plates arranged in the same plane and forming the front side of the casing, means to move one of said plates independent of the other and h 'means to move both plates simultaneously.

5. A display cabinet of the kind described forming in transverse section an irregular quadrangle of two short and two long sides; each short side being perpendicular to one of the longer sides, the slanted front side of the cabinet consisting of twotransparent doors, swing on an axis parallel to one of the side plates and the other door on an axis perpendicular to the first one.

'6. A display cabinet of the kind described forming in transverse section an irregular quadrangle, consisting of a stationary rear side, a base plate perpendicular thereto, a slanted front side forming .the door of the cabinet and a short side forming the suparound the same axis or a single panel around an axis'perpendicular to the first one.

" MAX A. SKALL.

one of said doors being adapted to port for the front side of a box displayed in the cabinet; said door consisting of two transparent panels and means thereon to swing both of said panels simultaneously Y 

